The tension is definitely present on a table that was shared until the last hand by Stefan Eriksson and Lauri Saaskilahti.
Stefan Eriksson had the decision to make pre-flop, with Saaskilahti having gone all-in from the button. Eriksson called and when the big blind folded, turned over his hand of .
Time passed. Trees shed leaves.
"Your hand, sir?"
"What do you have?" asked an exasperated Eriksson.
More time passed. Somewhere, a precious golden ring was thrown into a volcano.
Eventually, announcing 'I have nothing.", Saaskilahti turned over .
The board of gave Eriksson the pot and slowly, Saaskilahti got up from his seat. While Eriksson stacked up 380,000, Saaskilahti made his way from the table.
Felix Osterland and Herbert Okolowitz have been eliminated. The latter faced a raise to 27,000 by Alessio Sardone and a call by William Kassouf in the small blind. Okolowitz shoved in the big blind and Sardone reraised to get Kassouf out of the way.
The next round of casualties includes Fernando Pons, Alain Riss, Wassim Ayari and Edgar Casanova. The latter had been very active over on table one and faced plenty of reraises to see his stack shrink to around 128,000. Casanova pushed with ace-ten and Jonas Kannosto called in the small blind with . The board came and that was it for Casanova.
Cristian Ciuperca raised and then called the three-bet by table chip leader Marco Regonaschi to see a flop of . Regonaschi continued for 67,000 and Ciuperca called before the remaining chips of the Romanian went in after the turn.
Marco Regonaschi:
Cristian Ciuperca:
The river was a blank and Ciuperca headed to the rail.
Cate Hall on the warpath in the Main Event. Can she make the final day?
A completed board of saw Jaime Victor Soler Puig bet 81,000 into a pot of at least double that. It was the American Cate Hall who had the decision and for a decent chunk of her chips. Eventually, she called, however, and her was the winning hand against Puig's .
Hall has 800,000 and and looking more and more like the player to stop winning this 888Live Barcelona Main Event.
Filippo Lazzaretto raised from under the gun and William Kassouf called on the button. On the flop, Lazzaretto bet 41,000 and Kassouf shoved for 220,000, which the Italian called.
William Kassouf:
Filippo Lazzaretto:
"Brick brick please, red cards," Kassouf said. The turn and river changed nothing anymore and Kassouf added "that will do" before raking in the pot.
There are only 41 players remaining as two hopefuls ran out of chips in quick succession over on the feature table. Make sure to tune into Twitch by clicking on the Live Stream tab to watch all the action unfold on a 30-minute delay.
Cate Hall as the final levels of a tumultuous Day 2 at the felt approach.
Cate Hall has the chip lead with 41 players remaining in the 888Live Barcelona Main Event. Having been busy writing up her last hand, we asked Cate to let us know what happened when she was free from the action.
"I limped in the small blind with . The flop came and we both checked. On the turn, which was an off-suit four, I made it 28,000 and the big blind called. On the river, I bet 156,000 and he called, he only showed a four, but I took it down."
That flopped flush gives Cate Hall the lead and given that she's one of only two players to have cracked a million chips so far today, there is a big chance that Hall will be here on the final day.
On a flop of , Dominik Maska shoved with the and said "you got it" to Filippo Lazzaretto. The Italian looked him up with just , but indeed got there thanks to the turn and river.
A rather small pot emerged between Evgenii Cherniak in the hijack and Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez on the button, before the stacks went in after the turn. Cherniak had around 175,000 left and tabled , but immediately sighed when Lopez Gonzalez turned over for two pair.
Neither a queen or king appeared, but rather the river, and that left Cherniak empty-handed.
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gave Eriksson the pot and slowly, Saaskilahti got up from his seat. While Eriksson stacked up 380,000, Saaskilahti made his way from the table.
and that was it for the German.
. The board came 
. Regonaschi continued for 67,000 and Ciuperca called before the remaining chips of the Romanian went in after the 
turn.
river was a blank and Ciuperca headed to the rail.
turn and 
river changed nothing anymore and Kassouf added "that will do" before raking in the pot.
, Dominik Maska shoved with the 
river, and that left Cherniak empty-handed.
